Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-11
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FROM The American Culi1ut'i.
ANY one who has ever approached Boo
ton hv the Albany railroad must have no
ticed. if he arrived by daylight and sat on
the southerv side of the train, the large
sheds and cattle yards of Brighton market,
covering % or go acres of land, Just east
of Brighton station. five miles from Boston.
The Union stock yards at Watertown lie
ON the north side of the Watertown branch
of the Fitchhurg railroad, and are distant
less thnu two miles from the Brighton mar.
ket in IA westerly direction. and cover about
the same area At these two markets are
sold every week mostly uu Tuesdays at
Watcrtown and ON Wednesday at Brighton,
nearly all the cattle. sheep, lambs, calves.
hogs aud pigs, with some poultry. for the
meat supply Of Boston and neighboring cit
les AS well as store cattle for nearly all
New England, and many tat steers for
shipment 10 Europe
There is always more or less trade on
other DAYS. but Tuesday and Wednesday
are generally days of far the heaviest bust
ness The Watertown yards. being on the
Fitchhurg railroad, are naturally the point
where stock from northern New ork,
Vermont. Canada New Hampshire and
Maine is received. while Brighton is the
landing-place of the much larger supply of
stock from the great west
A large part of the beef and mutton
dressed near Boston is killed at the Brighton
abattoir. especially the best fat steers 90 to
this establishment. a good many small
butchers in the neighboring towns supply
their local trade and sell part of their
dressed meat in open market IN Boston.
very large portion of Boston's dressed beef,
however. is killed in Chicago. and this trade
is steadily increasing
Brighton market. ON Wednesday morn
ing, offers "a lively and interesting specta-
Gle Here the rich cattle trader and the
/ Door owner of a single old COW or pig meet
| on perfect equality, and general good ma
/ ture and fun prevail. though there Is good
/ deal of noise sometimes. and good many
/ expressions used which are not to be found
/ in any PRAYER book with which we are ia
/ milar in fact, the average cattle driver,
when driving an unruly drove OF steers OF
hogs, can beat the average sea captain in
making the air around him blue with pro
family. Sometimes though rarely, a few
wild Texan steers have broken loose and
scattered terror around them, with their
lessness of man. These wild creatures will
roam around the country, leaping any com
mon fence with ease, and carrying terror
with them until they are shot
BUYERS are here also from all the New
England states to secure what store cattle
they need for feeding The peder OF quack
medicines. the vender of naIneess ankee
notions in every variety, all the owners of
old horses and broken-down wagons within
~ or 30 miles. come here 10 buy or 10 sell
anything from a rabbit or puppy to the best
fat steers and finest team horses to be
found. The expenses at market are foI
varding cattle ten cents each and thret
cents for weighing, and for sheep two cent,
each, for hogs five cents each. Good, com
Portable board at the hotel near by at :,
per day. and smaller establishments at les
price.
Most of the cattle and sheep are bough
by large dealers here who have their agent
buying in the country. and who stay her,
to attend to the selling. When not sold a
"a fair price they are sometimes sent to thu
butcher to be killed and sold ON commission
the butcher usually charging - per hea,
for cattle, and the oilal. j. e.. the head
hoofs, tripe and uwards Some of the hes
beef and mutton used in Boston are fatten
ed in New England, and they always com
mand better prices than those from TIA
west 1t would seem as ii there were still
room for a good dea of improved stool
raising in New England. 10 certainly doe
not pay To raise and send scruhbl. smal
cattle to market They never sell at price
that pay for raising them here in New Eng
land Good well-fed and tattened stocl,
however. and rood mich COWS alwav, ar
in demand at remunerative prices.
The hog trade here is divided into tw
classes fat hops and store, ljiy, or shote,
The fat hogs are mostly bought in the ives
bv three firms. j p Squire 4 Co.. C. II
North and Niles Brothers. Three to hv
thousand a dav are used bv these tire
firms. mostly bv the former. Northern fla
hogs are boupht by the same firm As the
, arrive Mt Watprtov-n the. nrire beinp. mad
upon the dressed weight. and the bill bein
settled about a week after the sale
r The trade in shotes and store pigs is a
} most entirely of "A retail character. the pig
being bred bv the feeders of CITY syill Will
4 in % miles of Boston. and buvers comm
sometimes 100 miles for this market II
/ to 300 head eacb week are about all thf
: are wanted. and are all sold at Brirhto
r Wednesdays There is also some trade
p live poultry. chiefly at Watertown 1t
4 houpht nv the ARLINGTON butchers and sol
/ dressed in Boston and other neiphborir
r. markets
$ A few words of explanation as to OF
p market quotations may he of interes
There is ALWAYS in market a wide range
f prices. Depending upon the quality and COZ
Y dition of the animals When we quo
Il sucking MICS Mt 81 to 81 and shotes at
IS To So each. il is because there is this difte
Is ence in the worth of the ANIMALS. and oft,
5, the birhest-priced one will prove the be
/ bargain And SD of milch cows. a 90,
k one is better worth TO the milkmau or
/. the father of "A large family of children 81
J. than a common one $50 1t seldom pays Il
At nroducar of any hind of stock ia GROW a,
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